Mateo (Real Madrid): “It’s not easy to beat Olympiakos, I’m happy”

Chas Mateocoach of real madrid, he accepted the team’s victory euro league at home before that olympiakos The Greek thought it was “not easy”, especially since they are rivals who usually play “out of rhythm”.

“It’s not easy to play against such a great team.” olympiakos. They are a great defensive team and don’t concede easily. They usually don’t allow their rivals to score as many points or allow as many assists. And we knew it. “They are different from us in attack and usually play without much rhythm,” he said.

“Scoring from the outside was really important at times, and we improved our rebounding in the second half. deck and Hezonja They captured 19 people. It’s important for us to help our big men get defensive rebounds. “It wasn’t easy, but I’m very happy to have won,” he added.

His team won by scoring fewer than 80 points. “Scoring sometimes depends on the number of possessions, not whether you scored more points. I had a good shooting percentage, but I didn’t give out many assists because it wasn’t easy.” for olympiakos. The reason we were able to score 77 points and win was probably because we had less possession and didn’t have the same pace as our opponent. olympiakos And the team that sets the pace usually wins. ”

Regarding this comparison olympiakos As with last year, he said: “Last year they were a great team and they had two players who were: Slokas and Vezenkov That was important. However, in my opinion, they will be equally able to come out on top even after losing it because they have something important. ”

“They’ve been competitive, they’ve defended well all season, they understand what the coaches want and they’re very well aligned with the different mechanics that they’ve put in place within themselves. They have one of the best technicians in the world.” Europe In my opinion.They’ll probably rise again, but who knows if it will? final four“, completion.